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CEO Bob Thomas on His Journey to Physical Therapy
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How to Make Your Road Trip a Breeze Injured While Running? We Can Help
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How to Handle a Common Injury
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Mass Sports Hall of Fame No. 1: Bobby Orr
Mass Sports Hall of Fame No. 1: Bobby Orr
How the Bruins Defenseman Revolutionized Hockey Forever
here’s no denying that Boston is one of the most important sports capitals in the world. Many of its storied teams
Orr seemed born to play hockey from the outset. At age 8, he was already playing the sport in his hometown of Parry Sound, Ontario. His coach at the time put him in as a forward, but they quickly (and wisely) recognized that his excellent technical aptitude and speed would make him the ideal defenseman. In these early years, Orr was known for honing his skills on school rinks and parking lots from dawn until long past dusk, practicing with pucks he’d hollowed out and filled with lead. At the ripe age of 14, he secured a contract with the junior league Oshawa Generals and began competing against players who were as much as six years older than him. Over the following four years, despite his slight size and youth, he crushed the junior league, and by age 18, he was signed to the Boston Bruins. There, he carved an unprecedented path through professional hockey, changing the sport forever. With his insane skating skills and aggressive technique, he
turned his traditionally defensive position into an explosive offense.
have had the privilege of featuring some of the greatest athletes of all time. To celebrate the tradition of stellar athletes in Boston and the greater Massachusetts area, we’ll cover athletes from the Bay State each month in the Achieve Physical Therapy newsletter.
Bobby Orr is known for a nearly endless list of accolades and personal successes, but it was “The Goal” he scored in the 1970 Stanley Cup playoffs that truly cemented his place in history. After a give-and-go with Derek Sanderson during overtime, he slammed the puck into the net and
leapt into the air, resulting in the most iconic photograph in all of hockey — a moment immortalized in a bronze statue outside the Boston Garden.
For our first edition, it was difficult to pluck just one athlete from the pantheon of incredible competitors from throughout Massachusetts history, but we’d be remiss if we neglected one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Perhaps no Boston athlete inspires more passion and misty- eyed wistfulness in his fans than the legendary defenseman for the Boston Bruins, Bobby Orr.
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